The first show of the month is usually hosted by Dr. Zomb  and features African music collectors and labels he meets through the Mississippi Records community.

This week he was pleased to have Hisham Mayet from Sublime Frequencies with him in the air room . Sublime Frequencies is one of the premier labels for world music, check them out on line for their catalog of cds, vinyl and downloads of really compelling unheard music from around the globe...

Hisham played some as yet unreleased material, some amazing selections from his collection of snippets he has recorded off of the radio in Niger, and a few of his favorite lps as well.

Here is a reasonably accurate playlist:

darashe tribe   tribal music from ethiopia   sublime frequencies test pressing

koudede   tassakke tara   7"  sublime frequencies

gnawa music   dahven   eat the dream v/a lp   s.f.

several selection of niger radio including an excellent track by abdul rahman el ghid

le super djata band  fongnana kouma   en super forme vol. 1 lp

super rail band    sinsimba

le super biton national de segou   nyangaran foli

more niger radio selections

moussa doumbia   keleya

group inerane   alemin   guitars from agadez vol. 3 lp   sublime frequencies

koudede   golf   7"   sublime frequencies

gnawa music   chelha   eat the dream v/a lp   sublime frequencies